John Heinz

Henry John Heinz III (23 October 1938-4 April 1991) was a US Senator from Pennsylvania (R) from 3 January 1977 to 4 April 1991, succeeding Hugh Scott and preceding Harris Wofford. He previously served as a member of the US House of Representatives (R-PA 18) from 2 November 1971 to 3 January 1977, succeeding Robert Corbett and preceding Doug Walgren.

Biography
Henry John Heinz III was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1938, and he served in the US Air Force reserve from 1963 to 1969. He worked as an assistant to US Senator Hugh Scott, in the financial and marketing division of the H. J. Heinz Company between 1965 and 1970, and as a professor at Carnegie Mellon. In 1971, he won the US Congress special election that followed Richard Corbett's death in office, and he was elected to the US Senate in 1977. He was known as a liberal Republican who was concerned with the elderly and the declining steel industry. On 4 April 1991, he was killed when his plane crashed into a helicopter above Lower Merion Township, and Harris Wofford succeeded him in the Senate.